As a child, a trip to the circus was marked by smells and colours, sights and sounds. This past week, I took my kids to their second Cirque du Soleil show, Dralion, and I can’t help but reflect on the differences and similarities in the experiences. The most remarkable part of my first circus experience was entering the big top …
Home is not belongings drop the s and it becomes clear
People say that “Home is where the heart is,” but I want to restate it to: “Home is where the fart is.” It’s a bit crude, but truthful. I got there after careful consideration and a greeting card-style poem. Home is a place: a physical structure that houses our belongings and lives. We look for a solid foundation to build …
Happy hunting ladies
One in four new hunters in Ontario is female, according to the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters. This was one of the interesting statistics presented during the Hunter Education course that I took in September at Sault College from Jane and Reg Perry. Looking around my classroom, where women outnumbered the men, the numbers would actually show that 2.56 …
More women take aim
When I walked into the firearms safety course last weekend, imagine my surprise when I saw that the women in the room outnumbered the men. Like the Aerosmith song says: “Janie’s got a gun” or at least she wants to get one, or else she wouldn’t be in this room. Why were so many women interested in the ability to …
September is about learning
It was just two years ago when I learned about the little arrow on the dash of most vehicles that indicates which side of the car the gas tank is on. It was but four months ago when I noticed that my car gas tank panel had a slot to hold the gas cap while fueling. It’s back to school …
Cold bucket, warm hearts
On social media lately, I’ve been deluged with posts of songs from the movie Frozen and now most recently, with the ice bucket challenge. If you, like me, have been living under a rock, let me bring you up to speed. The movie Frozen has one really great song, “Let it Go,” that children and parents everywhere are singing and …
Don’t use your tablet to swat a fly
While I certainly don’t want it to happen, it seems inevitable that printed newspapers are going the way of the dodo bird. Preemptively, I’d like people to consider what we’d be losing, and perhaps we can have a renewed renaissance and remove newspapers from the extinction list. There was a joke circulating on the Internet, of a man asking his …
I’m working on running
I recently decided to take up jogging. The thing is, I don’t like jogging. My joints don’t respond well, I have zero cardio ability, and shin splints abound. So why do it, you ask? I’m also asking that question. My butt is resoundingly happier when firmly seated on the couch, but even it knows that exercise is key to a …
Connections make life worth living
I’ve been thinking about connections in my life, and have come to the realization that there is truly nothing more important than the feelings of belonging, friendship, and love for a healthy and happy life. If you think about the most cruel and severe punishments in history, banishment, exile, and solitary confinement are definitely up there. We need people. We …
Dance like nobody is watching
June 20th I attended the Heart concert at the Essar Centre. From the first guitar riff of Barracuda, to the last note in Stairway to Heaven, Heart and Jason Bonham had the Sault Rocking. I’ll have to qualify that last statement…they had most of the Sault rocking… minus a woman behind me that insisted that my friend and I not …